Governing Council
Please read the learning update across the school, showcasing the great learning opportunities for our students.
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| Pre School | The preschool children enjoyed our Hindi celebration of Navratri in week 2. It was lovely to hear the children share how their families were celebrating at home.
We’re now looking forward to celebrating Halloween at the end of this month and Diwali at the beginning of next month. It is a term for celebrations!
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| Early Years (Rooms 6,7 and 8) | Room 4- In Literacy, children have begun blending sounds to read and form words, building their early reading skills and confidence. In Science, we are exploring the life cycles of insects, with the exciting addition of raising silkworms and observing their development firsthand. In Mathematics, we are beginning to explore part-part-whole relationships with numerals 0–10 and have commenced a new unit focusing on shapes. These learning experiences encourage curiosity, problem-solving and the development of foundational skills across the curriculum.
Rm 6: Connecting phonic knowledge to reading and writing. In maths, we have been focusing on understanding and solving worded problems in the space of equal sharing, addition and subtraction. We are also enjoying creating images in media arts utilising children friendly apps on our new STEM iPads.
Room 7: We have started using our increasing phonics skills to write longer texts, delving deep into narratives this term. Every single person in our class has written at least one long narrative (at least 3 complex sentences) and consolidated their understanding of the text type. We have also started learning how to read analogue time and count Australian money.
Rm 8- In Gardening this term we are looking at pollination and exploring the parts of a flower. We went to the garden and found some and observed bees,butterflies and carrying the pollen from one flower to another. In Maths we are exploring the features of 2d and 3d shapes.
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| Primary Years (Rooms 9, 11, 12 | Room 9: We have had a really settled start to term 4, In maths we have been learning about digital and analogue times and learning the terminology - past, to, quarter past, quarter to and half past. We have now started looking at angles and how to classify them. In English we have been looking at writing an allegory - learning a lesson from the story or fable through the story Rosy’s Journey and linking it with the classic fable The Lion and the mouse. HASS - we have started looking at stories of The First Fleet to Australia and what it would have been like to come over to a brand new country. Science - We have been very interested in learning about the Sun, Earth and Moon - this has linked in really well with learning about time.
Room 11: Students have had a great start back to the term. We have been finishing off our data/graphing unit in maths, where students got to ask people from around the school a question of their choosing. We then tallied and graphed our data and are in the process of creating a poster of our work. In English, we have been looking at review writing, where we have reviewed a novel we read as a class, as well as our Cricket excursion.
Room 12: In English, Year 6 students have begun writing their graduation speeches which they are very excited about. Year 5 students are working on their applications to become HouseCaptains and Student Leaders. In Maths, students have been learning how to collect data within chance experiments and then using the data to calculate probabilities.
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| Primary Special Class | We have now received official letters of offer for both students’ placements in their new special classes for next year. This allows us to begin planning transition visits with the receiving schools and to exchange relevant curriculum information to support a smooth and successful transition. Both students thoroughly enjoyed attending the cricket excursion at Adelaide Oval. It was pleasing to see them included in an event that provided all students with the opportunity to participate and engage. Inclusive experiences such as these are highly valued and contribute positively to student wellbeing and connection. |
| Specialists | PE Students from R-6 have been learning and refining the skills associated with badminton. Students will use the forehand, backhand and overhead strike as well as the serve to play modified/mini games of badminton.
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Technologies Rm 6 & 7 students have begun designing their dream home which they will build in the coming weeks. Rm 8, 9 &10 students are working hard coding their farm and rescue robots to complete their challenge and reflecting on their designs. Rm 11 & 12 students are working hard coding their video games for their arcade. | |
Japanese Rec/Yr 1 students have been reviewing their knowledge of a select few of Japanese greetings, numbers and colours by completing missions in a Pokemon Trainer Booklet.
Students from Year 2 - 6 have been continuing their learning on weather and telling the temperature in Japanese. | |
| Special Events | SACA Cricket Excursion Hot Shots Tennis Open Afternoon Preschool Stay and Play World Teachers Day Children's University Graduation |